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By Luis Diaz | March 7 2024 | General
The first definitive exploration of the role of the twenty-first century First Lady, painting a comprehensive portrait of Jill Biden and the evolution of the First Lady’s role from ceremonial figurehead to political operative—from a White House correspondent for The New York Times.
From the author of Cults, Conspiracies, and Secret Societies, a probing exploration of the bizarre and dangerous conspiracies that have roiled America over the past decade and captured the minds of so many Americans.
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 21st Century
- History > U.S. History > U.S. Cultural History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Social Science > American Popular Culture
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > Political Parties and Interest Groups
- Political Science > Introduction to Political Science > Political Ideologies
- Political Science > Introduction to Political Science > Political Sociology
- Sociology > Social Change > Social Change
- Sociology > Social Change > Social Movements and Collective Behavior
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Political Sociology
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- English > Comparative Literature > Literary Criticism
- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Fiction
- English > Comparative Literature: American > African American Non-Fiction
- English > Literature > American Literature – African American
- History > Race and Gender Studies > History of African-Americans
- History > Topical History > History of Literature
- History > U.S. History > African American
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American History
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Literature
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Race and Ethnic Studies > African American Studies
- Sociology > Race / Class / Gender > Race Relations
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A young South Asian American woman’s story of reconnecting with her identity, family, and heritage through sustainable farming.
- English > Comparative Literature: American > Asian American Memoir
- History > Topical History > History of Environmentalism
- Interdisciplinary Studies > Family Studies and Human Development > Work and the Family
- Political Science > Public Policy and Public Administration > Environmental Politics and Policy
- Sociology > Family > Sociology of Family
- Sociology > Special Topics > Sociology of Food
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An urgent examination of how disruptive politics, technology, and art are capsizing old assumptions in a great wave of change breaking over today’s world, creating both opportunity and peril—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning critic and author of the New York Times bestseller The Death of Truth.
- History > Period History: U.S. > America in the 21st Century
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > American Government
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > Media and Politics
- Political Science > American Government and Politics > Political Parties and Interest Groups
- Sociology > Social Change > Social Change
- Sociology > Social Change > Social Movements and Collective Behavior
- Sociology > Social Institutions > Popular Culture
- Sociology > Social Problems > Social Problems
- Student Success and Career Development > Student Success > First-Year Experience
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A captivating chronicle of the incredible story of one of America’s most iconic, charismatic, and still polarizing figures—baseball immortal Pete Rose—and an exquisite cultural history of baseball and America in the second half of the twentieth century.
- History > Period History: Western Civilization > Specialized Courses
- History > Period History: Western Civilization > Western Civilization – Modern
- History > Regional History: Western Civilization > Specialized Courses
- History > Survey Courses > Western Civilization – 1300 to 1815
- History > Survey Courses > Western Civilization – 1500 to Present
- History > Topical History > History of Philosophy
- Philosophy > Ethics > Specialized Courses
- Philosophy > History > Ancient Philosophy
- Philosophy > History > History of Philosophy (Survey)
- Philosophy > History > Medieval Philosophy
- Philosophy > History > Renaissance Philosophy
- Philosophy > History > Western Philosophy
- Philosophy > Introduction to Philosophy > Introduction to Philosophy
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In Chaos in the Heavens, Jean-Baptiste Fressoz and Fabien Locher show that we have been thinking about and debating the consequences of our actions upon the environment for centuries.
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